Rule pocket



,Sept. 21 1926.

H. THORIN RULE POCKET Filed pril 3, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR WITNESS W 'ATI'OPNEY H. THORIN RULE POCKET Sept. 21 1926.

Filed April 5, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN OR ATTORNEY Patented Sept, 21, 1926. r l

RULE POCKET.

Application filed-April 3, 1926. Serial No. 99,652.

This invention relates to tool holders and has for its object theprovisi-on of a novel metallic holder adapted for use by mechanics and others for the purpose of holding in place a folding or other rule so that it will not drop out of the pocket when the user Stoops over or moves about in other. ways necessitated by the carrying out of his work. An important object is to provide a holder of this character embodying a spring form ing a part thereof which frictionally bears against the rule and holds it firmly so that it cannot possibly drop out but which Wlll yet permit the rule to be withdrawn when such is actually desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of this character which is provided with means whereby it may be quickly and easily engaged upon or disengaged from a pair of overalls or other garment, thev device being provided with peculiar holding means which will obviate any necessity for sewing it in place.

of this type provided with .a separate compartment for the reception of a pencihretaining means being located therein for fr1c-- tionally gripping the pencil and holding it firmly against accident-a1 dropping out.

An additional object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple I and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to install or apply, positive in action, eflicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other'objects and advantages in View, the invention consists in the details of construction and the arrangement and combination of parts'to be here'- inafter more fully described and claimed,

7 and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in applied position upon overalls, a ruler being held in the device, 7

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview taken at substantially the center,

Figure 3 is a' detail cross section taken on Figure 4 is a perspective View the retaining member and the device in detached relation, and

v Figure 5 is a detail perspective View showing'the back member applied against the underside of overalls or another garment.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown the device as comprising an elongated receptacle 10, which may be constructed of any suitable material but preferably metal and which may, in actual practice, be formed from a single sheet of. blank cut and bent to the desired shape. This receptacle 10 is of course of the proper size to receive a folding'rule or the like in dicated at A though isof course conceivable that it might be-constructed .for the purpose of holding some other object other than a ruler. The top of this receptacle is open as indicated at 11 whereas the bottom is closed by a preferably curved wall 12 forming a continuation of the ,back and front as clearly indicated in the drawings. At the upper end the back wall is formed with an extension 18 whichis bent outwardly and downwardly as clearly indi- I cated so as to be capable of engagement- A further object is to provide a device over the edge of a pocket or over a retaining strip or plate 14, of metal, adapted to stance by means of a suitable rivet 18 which likewise passes through the back wall. The plate member 14 is formed centrally with an opening 19 for the accommodation of this rivet 18 as clearly indicated. It'is intended that the folded rule A be inserted within the compartment 10 whereupon the spring 15 will of course be compressed and will bear frictionallyagainst the rule'for the purpose of holding it firmly in place and preventing it fromdropping out in case the user stoops' showing overor moves about in some other similar"v manner. 7' Y The back of the compartment-10 is equipped with a similarly mounted'spring A-pencil B maybecarried in this compartment and owing to the provision of the spring it is evident that the pencil will be retained in place in the same manner as the folded rule.

For securing the device in place, use is made of an elongated metallic back plate member 20, adapted to be disposed against the rear or underside of the garment, this plate member carrying a pair of outstand-.

,7 ing studs 21 adapted to be passed through 7 suitable holes 22 in the garment and through holes 23 in the end portions of the strip or plate 14. These stud members 21 carry outwardly spring pressed catches 24 which have inclined outer surfaces 25 and angular shoulders 26 so that when the plate member 1a is engaged upon the studs 21 the latches2 l'will move inwardly until the 'member 14; has

' passed to a'point firmly against the garment whereupon the latches 24L will spring outwardly, the shoulders 26 thereof operating to prevent the platemem'ber 1'4: from being disengaged. As stated above, the portion 113 of the receptacle engages over the strip or plate '14 and as the rivet 18 is accommodated within the hole 19, there is no likelihood of the container itself becoming displaced.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have provideda simply constructed and inexpensive device for the purpose specified and one which will be a great convenience to mechanics and other persons, inasmuch as it will prevent dropping'out and loss of their rules- It'is believed that the construction, operation and advantages will be readily apparent to one skilled in'the art without further explanation.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the'ri'ght to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention "or the scope of the subj oinedclaims, as for instance it is immaterial whether the size be such as to carry a rule of the two-foot or six-toot type. Other changes or variations may of course suggest themselves. Having thus described cla1m:-

1. A'rule holder comprising a receptacle the" invention, I

having an open topand'a closed bottom, and provided at the upper end of its back with an overhanging flange member, in COHllOlDEttion with a pair of metallic strips adapted carried by the strips for holding them in place, the overhangingflange member being detachably'engaged over and upon said pair of strips.

2. A rule holder comprising a receptacle having anopen top and a closedbottom, and

for disposition against the under and front sides of a garment, and securing members tion with a pair of metallic strips adapted for disposition against the under and front sides of a garment, and secur ng members carried "by the strips for holding them in place, the securing means for the istrips including studs projecting forwardly through the garment and carried. by the rear plate member, said'studs'being'equipped with outwardlyspring pressed latch members havinginclined outeredges and rectangular shoulders, said latch members being insertable through openings'in the iorwardplate member and'to be'retained thereby for .preventing the parts from disassociation.

' In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

HABRYT-HORIN. 

